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Change device profile using phonegap / cordova

Iam using PhoneGap/Cordova + Backbone for developing a cross platform mobile application. Using phonegap i can access almost all the functions of the device. Is there somehow possible to access or change the device's profile using PhoneGap or using backbone ? I searched a lot but couldn't find any relevant results..!!
Is there any documentation available on this ?
Any help will be very much appreciated..!!

I didnt get what you means about "device's profile". You talking about accounts?
About Phonegap/Cordova you can do everything that a native app can. But sometimes you need to write a native plugin to interact with device. I already had to do that to do push notifications using a third lib.
You write a native class to do something, register it in plugins, give permissions and then call it with your javascript.
You can find documentation here: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.4.0/guide_hybrid_plugins_index.md.html#Plugin%20Development%20Guide

Add this cordova plugin into your project.
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device
Put these line of codes into your view page
alert(device.cordova);
alert(device.model);
alert(device.name);
alert(device.platform);
alert(device.uuid);
alert(device.version);

Integrating an operational transformation library with Meteor

When building apps with Meteor, its capabilities have really amazed me. However, to be able to drop in Etherpad-style collaborative editing bits into my app would really be a holy grail.
While looking up how to do this, I found some projects that seem to use OT libraries in meteor.
Projects using ot.js:
https://github.com/TeamCocoDojo/cocodojo (Demo at http://cocodojo.meteor.com)
Projects using ShareJS:
https://github.com/mad-eye/meteor-sharejs (Demo at http://madeye.io/)
I can't seem to tell how these projects integrate with Meteor. Are they actually using Meteor Collections? Do they just use the Node server that is hosting Meteor and do the OT as a separate component, not using Meteor at all? Is there a different OT library that integrates better with Meteor?
If anyone is familiar with these projects or has implemented OT as part of a Meteor app, please share your thoughts on the best way to approach this.
(This isn't a duplicate of Operational Transformation in Meteor.js? as that question is almost a year old and Meteor has moved a long way since then.)

I've started the process of integrating ShareJS with Meteor via a smart package:
https://github.com/mizzao/meteor-sharejs
Please try it out in your Meteor app, and submit new features!
Demo here:
http://documents.meteor.com

Using ShareKit 2.0 in a HTML5 app

I'm developing a HTML5-based iOS app with PhoneGap. I'm using the latest version of PhoneGap 2.2.0. I want to include a share button, so users can share a message on Facebook and Twitter. I did some research and found my way to ShareKit 2.0. I actually managed to complete the necessary steps described on the wiki. My project is able to build successfully. :)
From here on I'm stuck. I can't find anything how to implement this in my JavaScript (jQuery) project. The old ShareKitPlugin describes a few steps, but it doesn't work. So I guess it changed since 2.0.
Is there another tutorial of some kind I can follow? Or is there another solution to include Facebook and Twitter share buttons? What I like about the ShareKit plugin is that it uses the native FB/Twitter apps installed on your phone (if I am correct assuming this).

Did you follow the steps on the "Adding the Plugin to the Project" section on phonegap plugin page?
If so, after adding the ShareKitPlugin.js import at your html file, like this:
<script src="ShareKitPlugin.js"></script>
you just need to call the share method, like this:
window.plugins.shareKit.share("text that will be shared", "http://google.com");

AngularJS + PhoneGap

I'm hopeful this issue has already been approached. Does PhoneGap work with AngularJS? Are there any limitations to using them together? Benefits/pitfals? Thanks

Yes.
I have made multiple applications with PhoneGap plus AngularJS. There's no magic to it.

PhoneGap just runs your application within the native device browser, so if AngularJS is supported on your target platforms, it should work with PhoneGap.

I'm having trouble getting angularjs working on windows phone 7 with phonegap. The simple stiff works, but as soon as I try to add page route...
[Edit]
Ok. So I have found the problem on windows phone 7/8.
in the function matchUrl(url,obj) in angular.js (1.0.3) there is a regex that fails because Windows Phone use an unusual prefix or namespace or whatever it is called (probably for security purposes).
What happens is angular is expecting a url like 'http://localhost/www/index.html' but in windows phone it will look like: 'x-wmapp0:www/index.html' instead.
I tried fixing the regex, but even so I get an error later on from XHR.

I've found that the brian t ford article (which everyone references) doesn't really explain how the config file is picked up (which includes the pointer to the index.html file and several other assets) which marks it out as a little out of date. It would be great to get a good update on it.

I am currently working on a project with Phonegap and AngularJS. I do recommend the following reading. Will help you decide if it's what you want in an hour.
http://briantford.com/blog/angular-phonegap.html
AngularJs will let you have the power and structure of a website but it has a small flaw is that it is a bit slow, I say this from experience and it happens that sometimes the models take a while to cool off.
Likewise, I recommend that you take a look at Yeomen, I am currently working on a generator angularJS phonegap and hope to have it for this weekend.
regards
#gartox

Yes. http://ionicframework.com is a framework that integrated Cordova and AngularJS. It will save you a lot of time trying to get everything set up.
To install the framework:
npm install -g cordova ionic
To create new empty:
ionic start myApp blank
All the options available in phonegap are also available in Ionic. For example, you could type
ionic serve
And your mobile app will open right in the browser, and auto-update whenever new changes are made to the files, just like in Phonegap.

From PhoneGap's blog:
http://phonegap.com/blog/2013/07/31/phonegap-30-faq/
Q: Does PhoneGap play well with angular.js? Or any other framework?
A: It sure does. PhoneGap does not dictate how an app gets authored with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. We play nice with all frameworks and, of late, many are being authored today with Angular.

How can I obfuscate javascript and html file using phonegap and android

I have a phonegap app and I want to launch it to Google play Market.
Before launch, I want to encrypt/obfuscate my code.
Please suggest me the best way to do that.

The best way to encrypt/obfuscate code for Phonegap is to actually have the native compiled code do the encrypting/decrypting.
You can find more information on how to do it here: http://www.oleksiy.pro/2011/09/20/phonegap-application-encryption/
Edit: This only works for iOS based compiles. Another similar question can be found here:
How to encrypt HTML+JS assets in Android Phonegap mobile app?
If you just need a generic obfuscator YUI compressor works well. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/

This might be a little out of left field but one of the best ways to obfuscate your application's inner workings would be to migrate some/all of the business logic to a server-side web-service.